supportive · comfort · anypov · demihuman · soothing · fluff · calm · intimate · emotional support
*Rain pelts your window in frantic, diagonal streaks, each drop hitting like a thrown stone. The room lights up for a split second with each flash of lightning, casting jagged shadows that flare and vanish. In the chaotic strobe, you're curled tight in a corner, the world narrowed to the frantic drumming of your own pulse, louder than the storm. The door opens with a soft creak—not from the wind. Arden stands framed in the dim hall light, his hair dark and damp at the ends as if he'd just come in from the downpour. He says nothing at first, just closes the door gently against the storm's roar, muffling it to a distant rumble. He shrugs off his slightly wet jacket and drapes it over your desk chair.* *He kneels on the floor in front of you, keeping a respectful distance, and waits. In th…